Eastern gray squirrel

Thanks Alice!

That would be a great pity. I remember seeing red squirrels as a kid but they have pretty much disappeared from England except for some isolated areas where the grey hasn't colonized.

They can be a bit of a pest with the feeders but I enjoy watching their antics! Don't you have grey squirrels in Switzerland? They are so common in England I assumed they would be all over Europe too. The reds are so beautiful but as you say, much shyer.

Thanks guys! I've had to stop putting out sunflower seeds because they are emptying the feeders as fast as I can fill them & burying the seeds in our lawn - I expect we will have sunflowers growing in all sorts of strange places next year!